Tailgate Latch Problems of Kia Motor Sportage

Kia Motor Sportage owners have reported 2 problems related to tailgate latch (under the latches/locks/linkage category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Kia Motor Sportage based on all problems reported for the Sportage.

1 Tailgate Latch problem of the 2001 Kia Motor Sportage

Failure Date: 06/01/2005

Consumer states that the tire latch on the back of 2001 kia Sportage I broke. This was latch that held the spare tire carrier, it also has to open in order for the consumer to open truck. The owners mechanic has oiled and fixed the tire carrier for a temporary fix. The owner has taken the vehicle to the dealership for repairs, and they said they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle and couldn't fix the latch until it was broken, and then they could repair it. The owner has not called kia. The latch has been broken for about 2 months. The owner suggested that the latch could have rotted out. The owner had taken the vehicle last year on June 12, 2004 to have the tail pipe fixed. The kia dealership body shop that was suppose to fix the tailpipe, did not repair the tailpipe. The car was rattling from the exhaust. The owner's mechanic removed the rotted exhaust system, the kia dealership was suppose to fix this and did not at this point the vehicle on had 13,623 miles on it at this point. The dealer is no longer with the address or phone number they closed down.

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2 Tailgate Latch problem of the 1998 Kia Motor Sportage

Failure Date: 12/02/2003

1998 kia Sportage- tail gate cable is freezing up, called kia which has a recall on this part but no on my VIN. Having a problem opening tail gate.

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